Tunisian Islamist Leader Ghannouchi Returns From Exile

The leader of Tunisia’s Islamist movement Ennahda, banned under ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, returned to his homeland after a 22-year exile in London.

The arrival of Rachid Ghannouchi yesterday fanned a debate between his supporters and other groups that helped overthrow Ben Ali, who are concerned that Ennahda will seek to weaken the secular system enforced since the North African nation’s independence from France in 1956.